Lot 144
Human Rights.- Lilburne (John) The Triall of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne, By and extraordinary or special Commission, first edition, Published by Theodorus Verax, 1649.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Human Rights.- Lilburne (John) The Triall of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne, By and extraordinary or special Commission, first edition, initial printed leaf before engraved frontispiece, title cropped with loss of imprint, repairs to some margins causing slight loss of text, foxing, later cloth, [Wing W338], 4to, Published by Theodorus Verax, [Printed by Hen. Hills], [1649].
⁂ A leader of the Leveller movement during the English Civil War, Lilburne (d. 1657) was acquitted of the charge of high treason against the Cromwell regime. He is also known as 'Freeborn John' after coining the phrase 'freeborn rights', an early definition of human rights as opposed to rights bestowed by government or law.
Description
Human Rights.- Lilburne (John) The Triall of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne, By and extraordinary or special Commission, first edition, initial printed leaf before engraved frontispiece, title cropped with loss of imprint, repairs to some margins causing slight loss of text, foxing, later cloth, [Wing W338], 4to, Published by Theodorus Verax, [Printed by Hen. Hills], [1649].
⁂ A leader of the Leveller movement during the English Civil War, Lilburne (d. 1657) was acquitted of the charge of high treason against the Cromwell regime. He is also known as 'Freeborn John' after coining the phrase 'freeborn rights', an early definition of human rights as opposed to rights bestowed by government or law.
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